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BoxingScene.com has been advised that highly regarded light heavyweight prospect Oleksandr Gvozdyk has been added to the pay-per-view undercard on July 23rd that features the junior welterweight unification between Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
On June 4th at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, WBC super featherweight titlist Francisco Vargas and Orlando Salido waged war over twelve pulsating rounds. Vargas (23-0-2, 17KOs) retained his title as the fight was ruled a draw. So what's next for 'Bandito'?
On July 15th at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, the main event was scheduled to be a welterweight bout between Pablo Cesar Cano and Alfonso Gomez. But Gomez injured an elbow recently during a sparring session, leaving Golden Boy Promotions scrambling.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Top Rank announced that WBO Super middleweight champion Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez (34-0) suffered a hand injury in training and was forced to withdraw from his scheduled defense against Germany's Dominik Britsch (32-2-1) - which was set to take place on the undercard of Terence Crawford versus Viktor Postol at MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas July 23, 2016.
In preparation for his bout this Saturday night versus Tomas Mendez at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California, lightweight prospect Jose Ramirez was able to get in valuable sparring sessions with WBC junior welterweight titlist Viktor Postol (28-0, 12KOs), who faces WBO belt-holder Terence Crawford on July 23rd.
After his fifth round stoppage of Rocky Martinez on June 11th, Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4KOs) finds himself in a position where he holds both the 126 and 130-pound titles for the WBO. Soon he will have to make a decision on which belt he will keep.
On the night of June 11th at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York, Ruslan Provodnikov dropped a twelve round decision to John Molina. The performance from 'the Siberian Rocky' left many wondering if he still had the desire to continue his career as his trademark intensity was absent that night.
It's been about two months since trainer Freddie Roach has seen Frankie Gomez, who on May 7th conclusively defeated Mauricio Herrera as part of the Saul Alvarez-Amir Khan undercard at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Tonight from the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles another edition of 'the LA Fight Club' takes place. The headliner is bantamweight Oscar Negrete (14-0, 5 KO's) who faces Jose Bustos (11-6-3/7 KO's) and the co-feature has super bantamweight prospect Emilio Sanchez (12-0, 9 KO's) taking on veteran Hugo Partida (20-7-2/15 KO's).
As the fight between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and WBO junior middleweight titlist, Liam Smith, was consummated for September 17th, Golden Boy Promotions and Alvarez have come under intense scrutiny for making this pay-per-view match-up and not facing Gennady Golovkin.